The Path to Gay Rights : : How Activism and Coming Out Changed Public Opinion / / Jeremiah J. Garretson.
An innovative, data-driven explanation of how public opinion shifted on LGBTQ rights The Path to Gay Rights is the first social science analysis of how and why the LGBTQ movement achieved its most unexpected victory—transforming gay people from a despised group of social deviants into a minority wor...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 61 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. A Transformed Society
- 2. Understanding Affective Liberalization
- Part II. A Prelude to Change
- 3. The Spread and Intensification of Gay and Lesbian Identities
- 4. The Capture of the Democratic Party and the Clinton Victory
- Part III. Public Response and the Nature of Social Change
- 5. Issue Evolution? Gay Politics in the Early Clinton Years
- 6. Coming Out, Entertainment Television, and the Youth Revolt
- 7. The Persistence of Political Conflict over Gay Rights
- Part IV. Looking toward the Future
- 8. The Global Shift in Attitudes toward Homosexuality
- 9. Social Change in Liberal Democracies
- Appendix 1. Additional Information on Statistical Methods
- Appendix 2. Additional Information on Data and Variable Coding
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author